| 1 | Then Job answered: |
| 2 | "How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength! |
| 3 | How you have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge! |
| 4 | With whose help have you uttered words, and whose spirit has come forth from you? |
| 5 | The shades below tremble, the waters and their inhabitants. |
| 6 | Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. |
| 7 | He stretches out the north over the void, and hangs the earth upon nothing. |
| 8 | He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them. |
| 9 | He covers the face of the moon, and spreads over it his cloud. |
| 10 | He has described a circle upon the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. |
| 11 | The pillars of heaven tremble, and are astounded at his rebuke. |
| 12 | By his power he stilled the sea; by his understanding he smote Rahab. |
| 13 | By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. |
| 14 | Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways; and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?" |
| 1 | And Job again took up his discourse, and said: |
| 2 | "As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter; |
| 3 | as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; |
| 4 | my lips will not speak falsehood, and my tongue will not utter deceit. |
| 5 | Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. |
| 6 | I hold fast my righteousness, and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days. |
| 7 | "Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him that rises up against me be as the unrighteous. |
| 8 | For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life? |
| 9 | Will God hear his cry, when trouble comes upon him? |
| 10 | Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times? |
| 11 | I will teach you concerning the hand of God; what is with the Almighty I will not conceal. |
| 12 | Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain? |
| 13 | "This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage which oppressors receive from the Almighty: |
| 14 | If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough to eat. |
| 15 | Those who survive him the pestilence buries, and their widows make no lamentation. |
| 16 | Though he heap up silver like dust, and pile up clothing like clay; |
| 17 | he may pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver. |
| 18 | The house which he builds is like a spider's web, like a booth which a watchman makes. |
| 19 | He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone. |
| 20 | Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a whirlwind carries him off. |
| 21 | The east wind lifts him up and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. |
| 22 | It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight. |
| 23 | It claps its hands at him, and hisses at him from its place. |
